02-02-2023, 05:04 AM
(02-01-2023, 04:42 PM)MoonJesus Wrote: cleaning up a flood takes seconds and its generally harmless and funny, people need to lighten up
(02-01-2023, 06:27 AM)Lord_earthfire Wrote: *Looks at my history of ashfloods, 1-2 bigger vomit- and a blood flood* yeeeah.... people generally don't do it... right...
On these points, I'd like to compare the damage of flooding and the frequency of it (on places besides Oshan, mind you) to that of other obstructive player actions that are more common, such as TTV bombs. TTV's are upsettingly common on Classic, and they do tons of (often irreparable) damage that can be widely-felt due to the depressurization, loss of station personnel, and loss of equipment. Since very few of the machines in the station are disabled by minor flooding, flooding usually doesn't instantly gib people, and flooding has a rather limited range of effect, I'd agree that it's far and away less of a serious concern. (Obviously flooding is only limited if it's not coming from an ocean/infinite source tile.) The biggest concern about flooding, as I understand it, are effects on game performance due to water-spreading simulations, although I believe that some optimizations in how the game handles water spreading mechanics have been made. Don't quote me on that last part, though.
(I may also be particularly salty about TTV's, because I played 4 rounds in a row the other day where the station was mass-depressurized by TTV's sent by some jackass in telescience, and they were not terribly fun rounds.)
I still don't like flooding because it's unsightly and a hassle, and potentially dangerous if the liquid in question has ON TOUCH or skin-penetrating effects, but it is admittedly not very dangerous without those things. Still, if I see people actively flooding things - and there aren't any other more important things to deal with - I'd be inclined to call sec on it because it's a public nuisance. And piss flooding has the added effect of grossing people out, as Kotol pointed out, hence the incentive from certain groups (bored staff assistants, clowns, etc.) to try and do it over other types of flooding.